LISTENING to Emmett Sparling’s story and looking at his portfolio, you might think he is a young man in a hurry. The self-taught photographer has already worked professionally in fashion, travelled extensively to shoot landscapes and cultural portraits, won commissions from blue chip brands to photograph cars, beer, airlines and hotel rooms, as well as produce videos for big ad campaigns. On top of this, the Vancouver-based photographer is a budding film-maker with aspirations to direct feature-length movies. And did I mention his underwater photography? Yes, Emmett has even found time to learn freediving, so he can swim with whales. All this and he’s still only 22! Given what he’s packed into his life and career so far, you might think he’s perhaps a restless, hyperactive, fast-talking social media influencer, wanting to race through our time as quickly as possible. On the contrary, Emmett comes across as a very chilled and quietly spoken individual who speaks as he might when meeting a long-absent friend for a drink in his local bar. This is your round Emmett…
01 EYE IN THE SKY
Emmett used a combination of fast shutter speed and fast timing to capture this helicopter, with its rotor blades frozen, over the centre of the famous Great Blue Hole, in the Lighthouse Reef, Belize
Lens Canon EF 24-70mm f/2.8L II USM
Exposure 1/1250 sec, f/4.5, ISO200
02 MODEL BEGINNINGS
One of Emmett’s early fashion photos, which gave him his first break in professional photography
Lens Canon EF 24-70mm f/2.8L II USM
Exposure 1/4000 sec, f/2.8, ISO160
03 MOUNTAIN VIEW
Two mountaineers picked out sharply by the early morning sun in late September as they walk a snow-covered ridge in the French Alps near Chamonix, France
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